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Hit-And-Run Driver Sought For Seriously Injuring UIC Student

The Challenger fled south on Halsted Street and was last seen at 18th and Halsted Streets.

CHICAGO (STMW) – Police are searching for a hit-and-run driver who struck a University of Illinois at Chicago student last month on the Near West Side.

A motorist, driving a black Dodge Challenger with a chrome gas tank cover, struck a UIC student who was crossing the street in the 800 block of West Roosevelt Road at 2:30 p.m. Jan. 26, according to a community alert from the police Major Accident Investigative Unit.

The Challenger then fled south on Halsted Street and was last seen at 18th and Halsted Streets, the alert said.